These terms cover the Green Screen Memes API: the REST API, the MCP server and the clips you get through them. They're between Hedko Group LLC, which runs Green Screen Memes ("we"), and the business that holds the API key ("you"). Using a key means you agree to them.
Last updated November 2, 2026
The short version
On a paid plan, you can use the clips in apps and in videos you make for yourself and your clients, including commercial ones.
The clips are internet memes. We don't own the original footage, so we can't license it to you, and you're responsible for how you use it.
Don't use clips of identifiable people in paid ads or endorsements.
If a rights holder asks, we take a clip down, and you stop using it in new work.
1What you get
While your plan is active, you get a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to:
use the API and the MCP server with your key, within your plan's limits;
use our work: the green screen versions of the clips, their thumbnails, names, descriptions, tags and collections;
put clips in apps, websites and videos you make for yourself or for your clients, and publish them, including commercially.
Sandbox keys are for building and testing. Use a paid plan for anything you publish or ship to users.
Videos and posts you publish while your plan is active can stay up after it ends, unless a clip in them is taken down (section 4).
2The original footage
Green screen memes are clips that circulate online. Most come from TV, films, creators' videos and other sources we don't own. What we make is the green screen version of each clip, the curation, and the data around it.
We don't own or license the original footage, its sound, or the likeness of the people in it, and we don't promise that your use is free of other people's rights.
You decide whether a use is appropriate, and you're responsible for it. Memes, reactions, commentary, parody and pastiche are how these clips are usually used.
If a particular use needs cleared rights (a broadcast, a big campaign), clear them with the rights holder.
3What's not allowed
People in ads. Clips of identifiable people in paid advertising, sponsored posts, or anything that suggests they endorse a product, brand, person or cause. Clips of animals, objects and cartoons are fine in ads.
Harmful uses. Hateful, harassing, defamatory or sexual content, or content that misleads people about what really happened.
Offering the library itself. Reselling or redistributing clips as a collection, building a competing library or meme search from them, or giving others access through your key. Your users can see and use clips inside your app; they can't download the library through it.
Getting around limits. Sharing keys, scraping, or splitting traffic across keys to exceed your plan.
Implied partnership. Using our name or logo to suggest we work together, without asking us first.
a statement that the information is accurate and that you're the owner or authorized to act for them.
We reply within two business days. When we remove a clip, it leaves the API within minutes and comes out of the Green Screen Memes app too.
If you use the API
A removed clip stops appearing in search and collections, and its links stop working. GET /v1/removed lists removed clips with the date, so your systems can drop them. Once a clip is removed:
don't use it in new work;
if the rights holder, or we on their behalf, asks you to take down something you've published with it, take it down promptly.
5Plans and billing
Plans are billed monthly or yearly, in advance, through Stripe. Prices and limits are on the pricing page; prices don't include sales tax or VAT, which is added where it applies.
Going over your plan returns 429 until the next month or until you move up a plan. We never charge for overage automatically.
You can cancel anytime; your plan runs to the end of the period you've paid for. We don't refund partial periods.
We give at least 30 days' notice before changing your plan's price.
6Keys, data and the API
Keep your key secret and on your server. You're responsible for what's done with it. If it leaks, tell us and we'll replace it.
You can store catalog data (names, tags, descriptions) as long as you like, and keep downloaded clips for the work you use them in. Media links expire after about six hours, so don't store those.
We log each request (key, route, status, time) to run the service and count usage. We don't sell that data; the privacy policy has the details.
We keep v1 stable and give at least 90 days' notice by email before a breaking change. Clips can be added, changed or removed at any time.
We work to keep the API available, but we only promise uptime when we've agreed to it in writing.
7Ending
You can stop using the API anytime.
We can suspend or revoke a key that breaks these terms, puts the service at risk, or isn't paid for. When we can, we'll tell you first and give you a chance to fix it.
When your plan ends, stop using the API and don't start new work with its clips. What you've already published can stay up (section 1).
Sections 2, 3, 4 and 8 still apply after your plan ends.
8Liability
The API and the clips are provided "as is", without warranties of any kind, including that they're fit for a particular purpose or don't infringe anyone's rights.
Neither of us is liable to the other for indirect or consequential losses, such as lost profits, revenue or data. Our total liability under these terms is limited to what you paid us in the 12 months before the claim.
You'll defend and indemnify us against third-party claims that come from how you or your clients use clips, or from your breaking these terms.
Nothing here limits liability that the law doesn't allow to be limited.
9Changes, law and contact
We may update these terms. We'll email you at least 30 days before a material change takes effect; using the API after that means you accept it. The current version is always at api.greenscreenmemes.app/terms. If a signed agreement with us says something different, the signed agreement wins.
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Washington, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules, and disputes go to the state or federal courts there.